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TIL Sun And Moon Activity Cause Earthquakes

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R7lXa TIL light bulbs in the New York City subway system screw in "backwards" (i.e. with left-handed threads) so people won't steal them to use at home.
kDwd TIL Albert Einstein believed in “Spinoza’s God”, who “reveals himself in the harmony of all that exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fate and the doings of mankind.”
4XZbR TIL about teledildonics. It's where you hook up a sex toy to the internet so you can play with friends over great distances.
YpMGv TIL of Saitō Musashibō Benkei, a Japanese warrior who is said to have killed in excess of 300 trained soldiers by himself while defending a bridge. He was so fierce in close quarters that his enemies were forced to kill him with a volley of arrows. He died standing upright.
MeNkK TIL that landlocked country of Mongolia maintains a Navy which consists of 1 tugboat and 7 sailors, 6 of whom do not know how to swim.The boat is placed in Mongolia's largest lake & after privatization of the Navy by the government it now supplements its income by hauling freight and tourists around